The Common Wealth Award was established at
the Annual Meeting, May 1979 to provide an annual grant to
promote projects in the interest of conservation,
beautification, horticulture, preservation, and education.
The two word name Common Wealth was chosen to describe the
"wealth" that is "common" to all Virginians.
The deLacy Gray Conservation Medal,
a memorial to deLacy Thompson Gray, was
given originally by the Dolley Madison Garden Club. It is presented
to an individual member, or a member club, of The GCV. First
awarded in 1965, it recognizes outstanding effort to further
the knowledge of our natural resources and to encourage
their wise use.
The Dugdale Award for
Meritorious Achievement in Conservation was first made in 1974, and in
1989 was named for Mrs. Arthur A. Dugdale of the Ashland Garden Club, an
outstanding member of the GCV who originated the Conservation Forum. It
is presented to an organization, industry or an individual who is not a
GCV member for outstanding work in conservation.
The Horticulture
Award of Merit was established in 1960 for individual
members of The Garden Club of Virginia who have achieved
significant accomplishments in horticulture, both personally and
in the community at large.
This Garden Club of Virginia Inter Club Artistic Award is a perpetual trophy given in
appreciation for the efforts of The Garden Club of Virginia members on
behalf of the art of flower arranging. The trophy is awarded to
the member club accumulating the greatest number of award points in the
Inter Club Class from Annual Meeting to Annual Meeting. It was
presented for the first time at the 2003 Annual Meeting.
The Massie Medal for Distinguished Achievement is the oldest and most prestigious award given by
The Garden Club of Virginia. It was inaugurated in 1928 by Susanne Williams
Massie during her presidency and was given by her until her
death in 1952. Since that time it has been given by
the club in her memory.
